CRBSSWELL, NOBTHTJMBEBLAND.—Signals of distress were observed at 3 A.M. on the 14th January during a S.S.E. wind and a moderate sea, the weather at the time being hazy. The Old Potter Life-boat was at once launched, proceeded in the...
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At about 11.25 A.M. on the llth December, 1938, the harbour-master saw the local motor fishing boat Peggy Gordon, with a crew of two, about two miles west of the harbour, flying distress signals. A moderate S.S.E. gale was...
Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At 10.45 A.M. on the 26th October, 1939, the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the fishing coble Humility, of Newbiggin, was out. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough sea,...
WhitehiUs, Banffshire.—At 10.23 on the night of the 25th of August, 1948, the Banff coastguard telephoned that the local motor fishing boat Violet, with a crew of two, was overdue, and fishermen reported flashes a quarter of a mile to the...
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 4.8 on the afternoon of the 16th of October, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the local motor fishing boat Endeavour had broken down four miles to the north- north-west, and at 4.20 the life-boat George and Sarah...
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 22nd of August, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that he had received a message from the Barnsness lighthouse that a man in a drifting fishing boat a mile east of the light- house was...
Sunderland, Durham.—At 9.30 in the morning, on the 3rd of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was flying distress signals one mile to the north east. Accord- ingly at 9.50 the life-boat Edward and Isabella...
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 7.15 on the morning of the 14th of November, 1956, when the weather was deteriorating, the coastguard rang up and asked for the life-boat to escort eight local fishing cobles to harbour. The life-boat Isa and Penryn...
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 4.38 on the afternoon of the 21st May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man had fallen over a cliff. Ten minutes later, when the life- boat Jeanie put to sea, with the boarding boat in...
A 46-feet motor life-boat with steering cockpit amidships instead of aft. (See opposite page.). - View image in PDF
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